
Following a surprising debut show on Dec. 29, Japanese upstart promotion Rizin Fighting Federation held their second show at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Tokyo. The New Year’s Eve line-up featured the return of former Pride FC heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko in the main event, as well as the semi-finals and final round of the World Grand Prix tournament.
The event began at 1am ET via Russian and Japanese broadcasts. Spike TV holds exclusive rights to the North america broadcast and will present a tape delayed version titled ‘Breakfast with Fedor’ on Thursday morning at 10am ET.
Follow along with the live updates and results below:
Fight Card (1am ET start time)
Fedor Emelianenko def. Jaideep Singh via TKO (Strikes, Round 1)
Muhammed Lawal def. Jiri Prochazka via KO (Strikes, Round 1)
Kron Gracie def Asen Yamamoto via Submission (Triangle Choke, Round 1)
Andy Souwer def. Yuichiro Nagashima via KO (Strikes, Round 1)
Baruto Kaido def. Peter Aerts via unanimous decision
Bob Sapp def. Akebono via technical decision (Shoot boxing rules)
Gabi Garcia def. Lei’d Tapa via KO (Strikes, Round 1)
Takeru def. Yang Ming via TKO (Ref stoppage, Round 2)
Soo Chul Kim def. Maike Linhares via unanimous decision
Brennan Ward def. Ken Hasegawa via Submission (RNC, Round 2)
Jiri Prochazka def. Vadim Nemkov via TKO (Retirement, Round 1)
Muhammed Lawal def. Teodoras Aukstuolis via unanimous decision
RENA def. Jleana Valentino via Submission (Flying Armbar, Round 2)
You can also follow Karim Zidan on twitter for more live updates during the show.
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